Title :
The Optimization on Transport Modes for China Coal Corridor Based on the Dynamic Programming
Author :
Liang, Lv ; Qi, Xu ; Zhihong, Jin
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Transp. Manage., Dalian Maritime Univ., Dalian, China
Abstract :
Coal is one of the main energy sources and the carriage of coals is inevitable in China. How to choose the modes between each cities is one of the key factors that decide the quality of the coal carriage. A model for that problem was formulated to be a mixed integer programming problem at first. Then, a Dynamic Programming algorithm was proposed to obtain the optimal combination strategy of transport modes. The corresponding program was designed based on MATLAB and implemented on a personal computer. Finally, a real life problem was solved to show the feasibility and efficiency of the proposed model and algorithm.
Keywords :
coal; goods distribution; integer programming; transportation; vehicles; China coal corridor; MATLAB; coals carriage; dynamic programming; energy sources; mixed integer programming problem; optimal combination strategy; optimization; personal computer; transport modes; Costs; Dynamic programming; Educational institutions; Heuristic algorithms; Industrial engineering; Logistics; MATLAB; Mathematical model; National security; Transportation; Dynamic Programming; coal transit; combinatorial optimization; transport modes;
Conference_Titel :
Computing, Control and Industrial Engineering (CCIE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4026-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCIE.2010.144
